from Frank Seravalli of The Daily Faceoff,

Upwards of 45 names have flown off our Trade Targets board in recent days. Rather than tell you who’s left, it’s maybe more valuable to sift through which teams are expected to be active over the last two days leading up to the deadline.

Let’s work through each Western Conference team using some grocery store metaphors:

These teams are still moving about the store, wandering the aisles, ready to buy:

Colorado Avalanche
Top Objective: Impact Forward
Scoop: That the Avalanche dipped into the salary cap space required to activate Gabriel Landeskog before the end of the regular season leaves the door wide open for another significant addition. Colorado acquired center Lars Eller from Washington in exchange for a second-round pick on Wednesday. They have nearly $4.5 million in LTIR space left to burn. Eller fills a need at center; Jack Johnson was picked up for insurance on the back-end. That means there is plenty of room for a scoring winger to add some punch. The Avs still have all three of their next first-round picks, too

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